Karen Freeman

Are you taking U.S. History in school this year? Or are you an American history buff? Check out this app for your iPad.

Looking for an educational app for your toddler? iLearn - Animals teaches your child to match animals with the sounds they make.

Summer will be over before we know it and it will be time to go back to school. Here are some apps to help teachers to streamline their workflow and bring their teaching into the 21st century. From iClickers and grade books to attendance and presentations, these apps will wow your students and save you precious time, all from the comfort of your iDevice.

Encourage literacy and creativity in your children with this app.

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PETA has been looking out for animals for many years. In addition to their website, peta.org, they also have an app. They also recommend a number of other apps for animal lovers. Whether you are a pet owner, a vegan, or simply interested in cruelty-free products, you'll find some useful apps in this AppList, which was compiled by the folks at PETA.

Take video on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad lightning fast!

One sophisticated photo editing app can be used on all your iDevices.

The iPad is revolutionizing the way we consume printed materials. There are many unique possibilities for magazine lovers. Here are just a few options.

Magic Puzzles is a free jigsaw puzzle app for iPad that allows you to download many puzzles within this one app.

Some scenes just cry out for a panoramic photo. Whether you're looking at a majestic mountain vista or hopping night club, you just might need more than what can fit into a single frame to capture the moment. Luckily, there are some amazing apps for creating panoramas on your iPhone.

FX Photo Studio has gotten a great new update. And now, we've teamed with the developer to offer our readers promo codes for the iPhone version AND the Mac version.

If you can't get enough of Groupon and its ilk, you'll definitely want to check out DealStar.

The native camera on the iPhone 4 certainly isn't a bad one, but there a number of apps out there that improve upon it. This AppGuide can help you sort out the best of the bunch, some of which even include comprehensive editing features. We've updated this AppGuide to reflect some of the hottest new camera replacement and all-in-one camera apps in iTunes.

This new app allows you to add artistic filters to your photos before uploading them to Facebook in a batch. But is it worth downloading?

Have the dog days of summer moved your party indoors? With the recently updated Scene it? games AppList as well as Board Games and Party Games, you'll find entertainment anywhere with your iOS device.

TextPics for Facebook is a fun new app from the developer of TextPics. When ordinary emoticons just aren’t enough, you need TextPics. The ASCII art designs of the original TextPics enliven your texts; now TextPics For Facebook is here to add panache to your Facebook activities.

Popular photography app Top Camera has gotten a big update. Top Camera is a native camera replacement app that already has a number of great features, such as an excellent HDR setting. In addition to a number of camera enhancement features, it also has an extensive editing suite included. And now, Top Camera has been updated to include a number of new features, such as Dropbox integration and Slow Shutter mode.

Do you like to apply filters and effects to your photos? If you don’t already have FX Photo Studio, you may want to check it out now. They’ve just released a major update with tons of new features. You can read our original review here to see what this app is all about.

Sometimes photo editors and filters just aren’t enough. You want to turn your photos into real works of printable, framable art. If you don’t have the skills to create art freehand, try out some of these incredible apps and make yourself a masterpiece in minutes.

Artographo is a wonderful new app for photography and art enthusiasts. Take any photo and turn it into a work of art! Paint each effect on with your finger, so you control the outcome. With a variety of cartoon, watercolor, and photo effects, you’ll have a lot of fun and perhaps create something beautiful.

With so many light particle manipulation apps in the app store, we've collected some of our favorites here. We've taken reader suggestions and added some to this AppGuide. Have fun showing off that iPad!

Ring.tones allows you to customize your iPhone by creating your own ringtones. You can choose from the many ringtones in the app, create your own from your iTunes library, or record your own ringtone live.